It is not inconceivable, therefore, that the public will also back the SVP's ‘auto-determination' initiative, which aims to place the Swiss legal system above international law.

If approved, it would allow the country to renounce international treaties if they conflict with Swiss law, a move which some, including Amnesty International, see as an attack on the European Convention on Human Rights and a step too far in Switzerland's own isolationist leanings.

Anti-immigrant sentiment

If Trump's infamous policy to erect a wall between the US and Mexico isn't reflected in Swiss policy, some politicians here have expressed similar views.

Using shock poster tactics that many branded racist, the party led an initiative earlier this year aimed at deporting immigrants who have committed even minor crimes including fighting, money laundering and giving false testimony.